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Protencrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Protencrinidae

Taxonomy
Protencrinus was named by Jeakel (1918) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l P Leon]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Protencrinidae.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protencrinidae by Webster (2012) and Mao et al. (2018).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Protencrinus Jeakel
2002Protencrinus Sepkoski
2012Protencrinus Webster p. 107
2018Protencrinus Mao et al. p. 1071

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyProtencrinidaeKnapp 1969
genusProtencrinusJeakel 1918

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Protencrinus Jeakel 1918
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Protencrinus baliensis Webster 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available